On Top of the World

The day started out with gorgeous weather.  Here were a couple pictures I took from the deck of our house this morning:

Snow on the Rockies

Our 'neighborhood' on the mountain

We decided to take the upper Old Fall River Road to the Alpine Visitors Center (in the middle of the glacial area) then head down the West side of the park to see if we could see one of the 100 moose in the park.   On the way to the one-way dirt road we passed the remains of a huge flood in 1982, now called Alluvial Fan.  The views of the mountains and snow were incredible.   We ended up driving all the way down to the Southwest part of the park and had a coffee and snack at Grand Lake, a cute little town but lacking some of the character that Estes Park has.   Along the way we stopped a few times for pictures:

Alluvial Fan - you can see where the flood carved this path in the side of the mountain

The windy dirt road taking us to over 12,000 ft.

The valley we left behind

Jagged Mountain Tops

Alpine Visitors Center:  11,800 ft.

The Continental Divide!

Now at 2 miles above sea level

The day ended with a wet dish towel demonstration... the aftermath of the kids doing the dinner dishes.

Katy being a brave soul with Elena and Daniel going at it